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Fangraphs stepped forward about 1.5 bases (out of a possible 4) by hiring Jeff Sullivan.  There's no telling where the dude will take that site -- and they don't even know it yet.

He takes on the ARod catastrophe with his usual light touch and flexible mind, and immediately runs into a classic sabertista (MGL, Oct 18 at 6:12 pm) who takes offense to the use of any "evidence" that isn't (1) mathematical, and (2) to his liking.  

Evidence is defined as "something that gives a sign or proof of the existence or truth of something, or that helps somebody come to a particular conclusion."  Synonyms, according to the Bing dictionary, include "indication, sign, signal, mark, suggestion, or proof."  If Dr. D hears a sabertista say one more time that "THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS ASSERTION WITH NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER",  he's going to ... he's going to ... ::splutter:: he's going to ...  um.  Blog about it.  ::sheepish::

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I know we're all eager to throw Capt Jack an election campaign, and I think he's great too.  If we could take a breath for a second, though, and look at it calmly, this looks like a very intelligent, and favorable, trade for the Cubbies.